Attendease

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You’re a few months away from what you hope to be a show-stopping event for your association’s members. While you can hardly wait for the day to come, you know there’s still a lot to get done in the meantime—from locking down the perfect venue to developing attention-grabbing marketing materials that drive registrations. Effectively engaging your event team ensures they maintain the focus and motivation they need to excel in their roles.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recently, I had a thought-provoking conversation with association maven and friend KiKi L’Italien. She said she had worked hard to avoid replicating in her marriage some unhealthy dynamics she experienced in her family while growing up. And she felt she’d been successful. But recently, she realized that she had incorporated these unhealthy dynamics into her relationship with her career.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Conference organizers know that the “main course” of their education offering and value proposition is in the concurrent education sessions. These learning experiences are primarily guided and selected by committee members who have little to no training or experience in adult learning principles. This model can be very risky. What happens in those rooms will make or break their overall satisfaction and future decisions to attend.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Skift Take: The latest UFI report clearly shows that the exhibition industry has not just survived; it's thriving. But what must be done to secure sustainable growth?

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Expo Pass

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Planning an event is like crafting a masterpiece – every detail and decision contributes to the overall success (and profit!). But how can you make sure that your event resonates with both attendees and your long-term business goals? Fear not, fellow event planners! In this article, we’re going to cover 5 essential things to think about when it’s time to calculate those ticket prices.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a rule allowing it to take scammers to court—including those who fraudulently use conference names, logos, and mailing lists—and seek financial penalties. “Advocacy works!” said Tommy Goodwin, FASAE, CAE, PMP, CMP, vice president of the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance, applauding both the Federal Trade Commission for finalizing an anti-impersonation fraud rule and the many business event industry organizations that advocated for it.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

After a four-year gap due to the COVID pandemic, we eagerly returned to Anguilla for a two-week vacation. We love this tiny Caribbean island and have taken a welcome break from Vermont winter for fifteen years. I have written many posts about lessons from Anguilla gleaned during our visits, and this trip uncovered more. The trip For the first time in many years, Celia and I stayed in Anguilla without company.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Key headlines: In summer 2023, Julie’s Bicycle surveyed disabled people about access and environmental sustainability at live events and festivals. The key findings are: A Greener Future took an in depth look at three festivals and their experience of providing accessibility for disabled people compatible with the festival’s environmental sustainability goals.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Skift Take: Taylor Swift and her blockbuster Eras Tour offer event professionals valuable insights into community, inclusivity, engagement, and much more.

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In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

There was a whole lot of good clean fun to be found among fan activations at the 73 rd annual NBA All-Star Weekend, Feb. 16-18, in Indianapolis. Whether at the NBA Crossover fan event at the convention center, or in pop-up spaces of their own, sponsors leaned into playful strategies that placed attendees at the center of the action. From Ticketmaster’s retro arcade to Foot Locker’s supersized clinic, here’s a snapshot of the action.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A participant of the executive leadership summit at Convening Leaders 2024 answers questions for a group exercise. The summit, which took place the day before CL officially started, is an example of two of Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes’ 20 bright ideas to personalize events — pre-event and executive programming. (Whatever Media Group) The term personalization is used so often in the events industry that its meaning has become a little hazy — does it refer to technology?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Economic, cultural, and technological issues are impacting who makes it onto the podium at meeting and conventions. The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. While the full 2024 report will be released on March 26th, Jennifer Best, vice president of marketing at AAE, shared some early data from this year’s survey results with

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. Yes, there’s a big difference. And not just at meetings. Here’s how Damon Kiesow , Knight Chair for Digital Editing and Producing at the Missouri School of Journalism , compares the concepts of community versus audience from a journalistic perspective. Kiesow says: Community does not scale.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this episode of the Event Industry News Podcast, host James Dixon is joined by Karen Saragoussi, Founder and Director of TeamTogs. Celebrating their 20th year in November 2023, TeamTogs was founded with the aim of creating merch and apparel specifically for events and brand activations.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Skift Take: As costs continue to rise, meeting professionals are shifting their gatherings to less-expensive secondary cities, according to meetings industry data company Knowland.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Your attendee travelers are eager to hit the road, but thanks in part to economic challenges like inflation, companies are cutting back on T&E. Those able to travel freely are combining remote work with longer leisure trips. Higher air fares are replacing the flight delay challenges of 2023. And amid it all, sustainability watchdogs are championing corporate policies that are focused on monitoring their organizations’ overall business travel emissions.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur, investor, best-selling author and host of hit podcast The Diary of A CEO, is to kick off his new international lecture series at Central Hall Westminster next month. Bartlett, who toured The Diary of A CEO to sold-out audiences in 2022, will grace the stage of the enhanced Great Hall on March 11, 12 and 18 to deliver tailor-made talks on entrepreneurship.

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Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization. Fortunately, there are a handful of steps you can take right now that will immediately impact your business's pace in local search, and we're happy to share them.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Even as they pay front-line employees the highest average hourly rate ever, more than two-thirds of properties nationwide still have notable staffing shortages. December 2023 saw the highest average hourly rate ever for front-line employees at hotels across the country: $23.91, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even so, 67 percent of more than 400 hotel managers who responded to the latest survey conducted by the American Hotel and Lodging Association say they still face a staffi

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Don’t keep me a secret! For over thirty years I’ve been making clients’ conferences significantly better, for about the cost of a conference coffee break. How? I make conferences better by dramatically increasing attendee satisfaction. Increasing attendee satisfaction increases the effectiveness of the event for all stakeholders: attendees, sponsors, and event owners.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Diccon Towns, CEO of ALSO Festival It will come as no surprise to read that UK festivals are having a hard time at the moment. This recent article in the Guardian lists yet more organisers who have been forced to heave their gates shut, adding to the ever growing list started in the pandemic.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Skift Take: Michelle Allgauer deeply values personal and professional relationships. As an event leader, she is doubling down on the irreplaceable value of face-to-face interactions and looking to leverage the power of AI to enhance operational efficiency.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

15 winning brand activations that hyped up NFL Fans and Las Vegas locals Up and down the Las Vegas Strip, excitement for Super Bowl LVIII—in one of the most active event and tourist cities—was in the air. Everywhere you looked, there was a football visual in sight, whether it was a ginormous projection display of Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers players on the side of Caesars Palace or a replica Lombardi Trophy in a hotel lobby.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the gentle morning light, Emilia’s excitement filled the room as she prepared to step into her exquisite wedding dress from The Modern Bride , a vision of bridal elegance. Surrounding her were her beloved bridesmaids, their laughter and shared moments infusing the air with joy. Together, they created a beautiful tapestry of support and friendship, preparing for a day filled with love and cherished memories, all beautifully captured by Jessilynn Wong Photography.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

At Mobile World Congress 2024, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence is on display through “spatial computing” applications that will affect meetings, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D teleconferencing. While the 2024 edition of Mobile World Congress, which began on February 26 in Barcelona, still is not drawing as many attendees as it did before the Covid pandemic—109,000 people came in 2019 versus about 95,000 this year—it’s not because the rate of innovation in commu

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Brand engagement agency, XSEM has strengthened its team for 2024 with the appointment of a newly-created role of director of events. Caroline Medcalf, who arrives at XSEM with a wealth of hospitality and events experience says the lure of working with an internationally-recognised organisation with their base in the North of England was a huge draw for her.

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Speaker: Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, Medical Director, Psychiatry and Naj Wright, MBA, C-Suite HR Executive

The last year and a half has been one of extreme stress and anxiety for the American Workforce. A 2021 New York University School of Global Public Health survey of 5,850 people who drink alcohol found that 29 percent have increased their drinking during the pandemic. Among people who have been experiencing depression (64% more likely) and anxiety (41% more likely), which have also become more prevalent over the last 18 months, the risk is even higher.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

JLL, a leading Technical Production Partner Company, is proud to announce its continued support for the Oddballs Rally, an annual event dedicated to raising funds for various charitable organisations.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Skift Take: A new ruling by the Federal Trade Commission targets scammers seeking to rip off the business events industry, paving the way for direct monetary compensation from bad actors.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If it feels like you’ve suddenly become surrounded by foodies, you’re not alone. According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2024 “ What’s Hot Culinary Forecast ,” social media is influencing how consumers cook, eat and interact with restaurants. And it’s now an essential ingredient to culinary professionals’ work, whether it’s incorporating social media trends into dishes or using social media to send a dish viral.

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